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Originally Posted by RchW
Not true, in fact an example of this occurred yesterday. JA Happ walked Segura with 2 out. Segura scored from 1st on a single and E9 with the batter Gosselin to 3B. At that time the run was unearned but Happ walked two more batters which changed the scoring. Jerry Howarth mentioned it at the time on the radio. I found it strange apparently the second walk did it. The box score confirms it. See below.
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The error in that case only allowed the runners to advance. Therefore, once the walks were issued, the run was scored as it would have been had no error occurred. The error would not have been an out had he played it cleanly. As evidenced by the fact that it was a single and an error.